Child Sexual Abuse

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Geetha
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Statutory Rape ◽  
Global Prevalence ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Predicting Factors ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
Older Adolescents

Sexual abuse also referred to as molestation. The term is also covering any behaviour by on adult or older adolescents towards a referred to as child sexual abuse or statutory rape. In the global, India is the largest number of children 375 million, covering forty percentage of its population, out of which sixty-nine percentage of Indian girls are victims of physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Apart from that 70% of cases are unreported or unshared even with family members Global Prevalence of Sexual Abuse. Child Sexual Abuse rate among the girls are consistently higher than in boys. Prevalence rates of Child sexual abuse range from 8% to 31% for females and 3% to 17% for males. Prevalence rates may be attributed to different operational definitions of Child Sexual Abuse, as well as differences in occurrence of Child Sexual Abuse among varied populations across geographical regions. Prevalence rates also affected gender predicting factors.

Young children: the visibility paradox

2020 ◽  
pp. 87-112
Author(s):  
Corinne May-Chahal ◽  
Emma Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Image Databases ◽  
The Past ◽  
Traditional Sense ◽  
The Subject

This chapter reviews what is known about child sexual abuse media, with a particular focus on the abuse of young children (those under the age of 10). Young children are seldom the subject of research on sexual violence, yet the online-facilitated sexual abuse of these children is known to exist. In the past, child sexual abuse has been described as a hidden phenomenon that is made visible through a child's disclosure or evidence in and on their bodies. Online child sexual victimisation (OCSV) experienced by young children is still hidden in this traditional sense but at the same time highly visible through images that are both detached from the child yet traumatically attached through their creation and continued circulation throughout childhood. Indeed, most of what can be known about OCSV and younger children is through analyses of images harvested online and analyses of law enforcement and non-governmental organisation (NGO) image databases. These sources suggest that OCSV involving young children is different from that experienced by those who are older. It more often involves parents, carers, and family members; it is legally and developmentally impossible for children to consent to it; and images and videos of the abuse are more likely to be trafficked.

Child Sexual Abuse I: Psychopathology

2000 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Nurcombe
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Transactional Model ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Adult Outcome ◽  
Methodological Problems

Objective: To review scientific literature concerning the prevalence, childhood outcome and adult outcome of child sexual abuse, and the hypothetical models that have been postulated to explain its psychopathology. Method: Selective critical review of literature. Results: Estimates of prevalence of sexual abuse suggest that a significant number of children of both sexes are affected. Research into the psychopathology of sexual abuse is hindered by methodological problems. However, sexual abuse has been associated with a number of psychiatric disorders and maladaptive lifestyles in childhood and adulthood. Several theoretical models of the psychopathology of child sexual abuse are examined and compared. Conclusions: A transactional model is the most comprehensive and encompassing.

When Is a Child’s Forensic Statement Deemed Credible? A Comparison of Physical and Sexual Abuse Cases

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irit Hershkowitz ◽  
Eran P. Melkman ◽  
Ronit Zur
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Child Physical Abuse ◽  
Predicting Factors ◽  
Cognitive Delay ◽  
Physical And Sexual Abuse ◽  
Made In

A large national sample of 4,775 reports of child physical and sexual abuse made in Israel in 2014 was analyzed in order to examine whether assessments of credibility would vary according to abuse type, physical or sexual, and whether child and event characteristics contributing to the probability that reports of abuse would be determined as credible would be similar or different in child physical abuse (CPA) and child sexual abuse (CSA) cases. Results revealed that CPA reports were less likely to be viewed as credible (41.9%) compared to CSA reports (56.7%). Multigroup path analysis, however, indicated equivalence in predicting factors. In a unified model for both types of abuse, salient predictors of a credible judgment were older age, lack of a cognitive delay, and the alleged abusive event being a onetime less severe act. Over and beyond the effects of these factors, abuse type significantly contributed to the prediction of credibility judgments.

Child Sexual Abuse

2018 ◽  
pp. 177-188
Author(s):  
Dawn Crosswhite ◽  
Johnny S. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Sexual Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Solution Focused Brief Therapy ◽  
Complicating Factors ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Solution Focused

This chapter focuses on sexual abuse, its negative impact, and how SFBT can be used with clients who have experienced this trauma. This chapter provides an updated definition of child sexual abuse, along with the wide range of sexual activities that children may experience, and discusses the complicating factors in identifying sexual abuse internationally. Along with international prevalence rates of child sexual abuse, this chapter discusses the negative impact children and their family members experience. The chapter concludes with a case example to illustrate ways to use solution-focused brief therapy approach with a client who had experienced sexual abuse.

The Prevalence of Sexual Revictimization: A Meta-Analytic Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah E. Walker ◽  
Jennifer S. Freud ◽  
Robyn A. Ellis ◽  
Shawn M. Fraine ◽  
Laura C. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
General Population ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Abuse Survivors ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Sexual Abuse Survivors ◽  
Sexual Revictimization ◽  
Analytic Review ◽  
The Mean

The literature consistently demonstrates evidence that child sexual abuse survivors are at greater risk of victimization later in life than the general population. This phenomenon is called sexual revictimization. Although this finding is robust, there is a large amount of variability in the prevalence rates of revictimization demonstrated in the literature. The purpose of the present meta-analysis was to calculate an average prevalence rate of revictimization across the literature and to examine moderators that may potentially account for the observed variability. Based on a review of PsycINFO and PILOTS, 1,412 articles were identified and reviewed for inclusion. This process resulted in the inclusion of 80 studies, which contained 12,252 survivors of child sexual abuse. The mean prevalence of sexual revictimization across studies was 47.9% (95% confidence intervals [43.6%, 52.3%]), suggesting that almost half of child sexual abuse survivors are sexually victimized in the future. The present study failed to find support for any of the examined moderators. Potential explanations of and implications for the results are offered, including suggestions for therapists.

Female-Perpetrated Child Sexual Abuse: Prevalence Rates in Germany

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-277
Author(s):  
Jelena Gerke ◽  
Miriam Rassenhofer ◽  
Andreas Witt ◽  
Cedric Sachser ◽  
Jörg M. Fegert
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Prevalence Rates

scholarly journals Defining and understanding the Scope of Child Sexual Abuse: Challenges and Opportunities

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha E. Latzman ◽  
Cecilia Casanueva ◽  
Melissa Dolan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The Public ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Multiple Indicators ◽  
Sexually Abusive ◽  
Prevalence Estimates ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

The enormous individual, familial, and societal burden of child sexual abuse has underscored the need to address the problem from a public health framework. Much work remains, however, at the first step of this framework — defining and understanding the scope of the problem, or establishing incidence and prevalence estimates. In this occasional paper, we provide an overview of the ways researchers have defined and estimated the scope of child sexual abuse, focusing on agency tabulations and large-scale surveys conducted over the last several decades. More precise estimates of the number of children affected by child sexual abuse would improve the ability of the public health, child welfare, pediatrics, and other communities to prevent and respond to the problem. We recommend using a comprehensive surveillance system to assess and track the scope of child sexual abuse. This system should be grounded by common definitional elements and draw from multiple indicators and sources to estimate the prevalence of a range of sexually abusive experiences.

The Effects of Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse on the Adjustment and Attitudes of Adolescents

1987 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan B. DiPietro
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Female Adolescent ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Personality Adjustment ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Abusive Families ◽  
Unexpected Findings ◽  
Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
And Control

The purpose of this study was to compare female adolescent victims of sexual abuse and their nonabused adolescent sisters with matched nonvictim control subject sister sets on measures of personality adjustment and attitudes. The study involved 60 girls between the ages of 11 and 21:15 victims of child sexual abuse, 15 nonabused adolescent sisters, and 15 nonvictim control sister sets who were matched to the victim sister sets on age, socioeconomic status, birth order of daughters, number of children in family, and race. This is the first study that has attempted to assess the adjustment of siblings in sexually abusive families. Results of a multivariate analysis of variance revealed no differences among the four groups. Results of 12 paired t-tests revealed only one significant difference between the victim sister and control sister groups. These unexpected findings are discussed, and suggestions for future studies are made.

Prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse in Spain: A Representative Sample Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110428
Author(s):  
Marta Ferragut ◽  
Margarita Ortiz-Tallo ◽  
Maria J. Blanca
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Prevalence Data ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Representative Samples ◽  
Pornographic Material

The prevalence of child sexual abuse (CSA) is difficult to assess, and rates vary widely across studies due to methodological and sample differences. In Spain, prevalence data from representative samples are lacking. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of different CSA experiences in a sample that was representative of the Spanish population in terms of gender, age, and region. The sample comprised 1,071 (539 male and 532 female) Spanish adults ( Mage = 45.37; SD = 14.84). Participants completed an anonymous online survey about different types of CSA and were asked whether they had disclosed the experience at the time. Prevalence was analyzed as a function of gender and generation. Results indicated prevalence rates ranging from 2.8% to 18.5%, depending on the type of experience. The most common experience suffered during childhood was being shown pornographic material, while that with the lowest prevalence was being forced to perform a sexual act involving penetration. Prevalence was higher in females than males for eight of the ten experiences considered. Young adults from Generation Z were the most likely to report having suffered three of the CSA experiences, two of them related to technology. Only 27.5% of respondents said that they had told someone about the abuse at the time, mainly their mother (more common among females) or a friend/peer (more frequent among males). The results suggest that CSA is prevalent in Spain, with considerable rates for several types of abusive experience, especially among females and the youngest generation. The implications of the results are discussed. The findings may inform social policy and the development of effective prevention programs.

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